--- title: The Soviet Union, along with the United States, the United Kingdom a… — Russia · tree and pragmatics description: The Soviet Union, along with the United States, the United Kingdom and China were considered the Big Four of Allied powers in World War II, and later became the Four Policemen, which was the foundation of the United Nations Security Council. Who acts: Four Policemen. 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The Soviet Union, along with the United States, the United Kingdom and China were considered the Big Four of Allied powers in World War II, and later became the Four Policemen, which was the foundation of the United Nations Security Council. **Who acts:** Four Policemen · **What happens:** consider, ally, become, be · **To what, where:** Soviet Union, Four Policemen, foundation This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Russia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Four Policemen), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. The article's note marks are left out of the parse. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = wikipedia:Russia:187 # text = The Soviet Union, along with the United States, the United Kingdom and China were considered the Big Four of Allied powers in World War II, and later became the Four Policemen, which was the foundation of the United Nations Security Council. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Soviet Soviet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Union Union PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 along along ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 United United ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 United United PROPN NNP _ 13 flat _ _ 13 Kingdom Kingdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:unmarked _ _ 20 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 xcomp _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 Allied ally VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 World World PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 War War PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 II II NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 26 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 31 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 Policemen policeman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 foundation foundation NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 United United PROPN NNP _ 43 compound _ _ 43 Nations Nation PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 45 compound _ _ 44 Security Security PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 Council Council PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consider** | past · passive | | the Soviet Union and the United States and the United Kingdom and China | | | | the Four Big of Allied powers in World War *xcomp* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | | 2 | **ally** | participle | | | | | | | vn conspire-71 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **become** | past | | the Four Policemen | | | | late *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | past | the Four Policemen | the foundation | | | | of the Nations Security Council | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** the English Wikipedia, «Russia», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. **Tree:** Mova's own parse, CC BY-SA 4.0 as the text is. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the article read in order, CC BY-SA 4.0. - ← previous: [sentence 186](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Russia/186/) - next →: [sentence 188](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Russia/188/) - ↑ back to [Russia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Russia/)